Jan 18, 2018 allen zhang, the creator of wechat, gave an inspirational talk at the wechat annual conference in guangzhou. Full notes matthew brennan january, 2019 events, uncategorized as you might have heard by now, the founder of wechat allen zhang delivered an epic 4hour late night monologue at the wechat annual conference in guangzhou a few days back. Wechat was the brainchild of allen zhang, a legend in chinas tech sector. May 27, 2015 news, product features features, global, moments translation, update, wechat for android wear wechat when it comes to communication, were focused on making the experience faster, better and easier for wechatters all over the world. Tencents wechat plans to bring back tipping button. Allen zhang, senior vice president of tencent group and president of wechat business group, attended and delivered a speech. Achievement wechat has been running for 433 days and has attracted100 million users. Wechat is going to launch a separate app for official accounts allen announced wechat will soon to launch a separate app just for wechat official accounts. May 5, 2017 product features fitness, official account, werun wechat as the weather is getting warmer, its time to get active with the help of our fitness official account, werun. In the latest version of moments, weve made sharing even more musical. Allen zhang instant apps screen the picture consists of a screen of zhangs home page containing a wide variety of wechat instant apps, which in other words it means wechat has now implemented a structure of instant apps within wechat, and that those wechat instant apps can actually be placed on the home screen rather than just inside wechat itself at least for android phones. User value is our guiding principle, we strive to incorporate social responsibility into our products and services.
Wechat head allen zhang enjoys rock star fandom but all eyes. Tencent holdings wechat has reached an understanding with apple regarding this feature with chinese characteristics, allen zhang, the creator, and president of wechat said at the annual wechat developers conference in guangzhou on monday. I just watched a public speaking by allen xiaolong zhang who is the father of wechat and the most famous product manager in china. Contribute to 8torywechatandroidsdk development by creating an account on github. Tencent holdings wechat has reached an understanding with apple regarding this feature with chinese characteristics, allen zhang, the creator and president of wechat, said at the annual wechat. Communicate with friends and families on your android with wechat.
Wechat je socialni medium a socialni sit s radou funkci jako instant messaging, hlasove zpravy, videohovory, sdileni fotek, objednani taxisluzby, donasky jidla z restauraci, rezervace hotelu, mobilni platby wechat pay a. A better display of the content of mini program pages on search results. And why allen zhang and the wechat team are doing so much better than facebook and apple. Nov 29, 2016 i just watched a public speaking by allenxiaolong zhang who is the father of wechat and the most famous product manager in china. Wechat as of monday is effectively an os to rival android and ios in the chinese market. Few people could have foreseen that wechat would go on to have over 600 million users, massively impacting chinese society.
Feb 11, 2020 with wechat channels, users can now explore media accounts, videos from stars and bloggers all from users that are not in their wechat contact list. Wechat founder allen zhang shares 4 guiding values for. Wechat official accounts are usually the top source of traffic for wechat mini programs. Contribute to motianhuowechat development by creating an account on github. Chat and make calls with friends, read news and use local services in official accounts and mini programs, play fun games with friends, enjoy mobile payment features with wechat pay, and much more. Back in 2010 xiaolong initially organized a small team of just 10 developers to work on a smartphone messaging app. Wechat continues to push forward with more ways to connect and communicate. Wechat is a free messaging and calling app that allows its users to connect with family and friends across countries. By enabling werun, you can track your daily step count and see how close you are to reaching your fitness goals.
Jan 09, 2017 yet if the recent comments of wechats founder allen zhang are anything to go by it would seem that mini programs may yet prove to be their most important initiative to date. Wechat founder allen zhangs 4 hour talk notes from the. Father of wechat lays out 2018 product roadmap zara zhang. Philosophy of wechat by allen zhang sun shengkai medium.
Wechat is at a significant crossroads as tencent seeks to move focus to industrial internet. Allen zhang instant apps screen the picture consists of a screen of zhangs home page containing a wide variety of wechat instant apps, which in other words it means wechat has now implemented a structure of instant apps within wechat, and that those wechat instant apps can actually be placed on the home screen rather than just inside. Chinas wechat reaches agreement with apple over apps. Rui and yingying share that wechat was created by zhang xiaolong, or allen zhang, who joined tencent via the internet giants acquisition of foxmail. Jan 15, 2018 when wechat s founder speaks, everybody in the audience listens.
Wechat founder allen zhang delivered his first public speech on wechat s product principles and challenges at wechat s open class pro annual event on january 9, 2019. Oct 02, 2018 wechat, known as weixin in china, was the brainchild of allen zhang, a programmer whose startup was bought by tencent. Wechat plans to resurrect tipping button after agreement. Recently theres been heated discussion of wechat as an example of the allinone app trend that has been circling many tech circles. Wechat has no subscription fee and will be free for life. Allen zhang, the creator of wechat, gave an inspirational talk at the wechat annual conference in guangzhou. Jan, 2020 wechat official accounts are usually the top source of traffic for wechat mini programs. At the professional moderators forum of the wechat open course held in guangzhou on monday, allen zhang, senior executive vice president of chinese tech giant tencent and president of weixin group, shared the. For 16 years until his retirement in september 2014, zhang was the chief technology officer at chinese gaming and social media giant tencent. We would like to take the opportunity to share our official translation of a recent speech by wechat founder allen zhang, senior executive vice president of tencent, and president of wechat business group, at wechats open class pro. Tencent was founded in shenzhen, china, in 1998, and listed on the main board of the stock exchange of hong kong since june 2004. Like viber and whatsapp, wechat uses your wifi or mobile data to communicate with other wechat users.
Nov 28, 2016 allen zhang instant apps screen the picture consists of a screen of zhangs home page containing a wide variety of wechat instant apps, which in other words it means wechat has now implemented a structure of instant apps within wechat, and that those wechat instant apps can actually be placed on the home screen rather than just inside. Promote technology innovation and cultural vitality. When wechats founder speaks, everybody in the audience listens. Wechat is one of the few products built by chinese team that has. Can wechat defend its social media predominance by. Allen zhang, senior executive vice president at tencent holdings ltd. How wechat faded into the silence in india factordaily. Wechat, the app that does everything wechat is omnipresent. Wechat decided to take the lead in ecommerce and search. Wechat is a free messaging app that lets you send text and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share media with your contacts. Wechat began as a project at tencent guangzhou research and project center in october 2010.
As you might have heard by now, the founder of wechat allen zhang delivered an epic 4hour late night monologue at the wechat annual conference in guangzhou a few days back. Foxmail, and later tencent acquired it, zhang refactored a new version of web mail on mail in order to support microsoft exchange protocol, zhang and his team reversed engineered it, this was later the foundation of wechat s binary protocol design, in. Nov 24, 2016 wechat apps, some bearing names like mini and lite, have their own homescreen shortcuts in this photo of an android phone from tencent exec and wechat founder allen zhang xiaolong. Full notes matthew brennan january, 2019 events, uncategorized as you might have heard by now, the founder of wechat allen zhang delivered an epic 4hour late night monologue at the wechat annual conference in. Improvements to time capsule we first introduced time capsule at the beginning of this year as the easiest way.
Jan 16, 2018 the wechat team held a public class themed as to be on the day in guangzhou on january 15. Wechat head allen zhang enjoys rock star fandom but all. Allen zhang founder of wechat was the author of once popular desktop email client. The original version of the app was created by allen zhang and named weixin by ma huateng, ceo of tencent and launched in 2011. Big changes to moments moments allows you to share lifes most interesting experiences with your wechat friends. As you might have heard by now, the founder of wechat allen zhang delivered an epic 4hour late night monologue at the wechat annual conference in.
In this class, i discuss my visit to the wechat open class. At the start of the year, wechat founder allen zhang. Forensics on twitter and wechat using a customised android. In the onehour speech, zhang spoke about the future of wechat, small games, official accounts and likes in wechat. In china, wechat wants to kill app stores tech in asia. Its the allinone communications app for free text smsmms, voice and video calls, moments, photo sharing, games, and more. Show jeffs asia tech class, ep my visit to wechat and why they are smarter than apple and facebook jan 15, 2020. Wechat, the tencent holdingsoperated super app, counts more than 1 billion active users and has become such an indispensable mobile platform that internet companies looking to introduce competing. Back then, tencent already had a successful desktop instant messaging service called qq, but was looking to build something different for the growing number of smartphone users. Wechat cinsky, pinyin weixin je multifunkcni aplikace vyvijena cinskou spolecnosti tencent, znama v cine pod nazvem weixin. May 08, 2020 wechat is more than a messaging and social media app it is a lifestyle for over one billion users across the world. Zhang is the mastermind behind wechat, the super app with 980 million monthly active users, and arguably the best consumer internet product in the world.
I just watched a public speaking by allenxiaolong zhang who is the father of wechat and the most famous product manager in china. Father of wechat lays out 2018 product roadmap hans tung. Wechat instant apps with no installation required passkit blog. Wechat head allen zhang enjoys rock star fandom but all eyes are on next act for chinas everyday app more when the first speaker took the stage at the poly world trade expo centre in guangzhou on wednesday morning for tencent holdings annual wechat conference for developers and partners, there was an audible sigh of disappointment. Wechat founder allen zhang shares 4 guiding values for wechat. At the professional moderators forum of the wechat open course held in guangzhou on monday, allen zhang, senior executive vice president of chinese tech giant tencent and president of weixin group, shared the four core values of wechat. At the 2018 wechat open class pro, wechat president allen zhang began with a challenge. Wechat founder allen zhangs 4 hour talk notes from the side. One such launch made by allen zhang, a product geek in china best known for creating and selling foxmail, happened in 2010 at tencent office in the southern chinese city of guangzhou. The government has actively supported the development of the ecommerce market in chinafor example in the 12th fiveyear plan.
Jan 10, 2019 wechat head allen zhang enjoys rock star fandom but all eyes are on next act for chinas everyday app more when the first speaker took the stage at the poly world trade expo centre in guangzhou on wednesday morning for tencent holdings annual wechat conference for developers and partners, there was an audible sigh of disappointment. The launch of miniprogrammes last january was seen. The wechat team held a public class themed as to be on the day in guangzhou on january 15. Foxmail, and later tencent acquired it, zhang refactored a new version of web mail on mail in order to support microsoft exchange protocol, zhang and his team reversed engineered it, this was later the foundation of wechats binary protocol design, in.
Wechat is more than a messaging and social media app it is a lifestyle for over one billion users across the world. Yet if the recent comments of wechats founder allen zhang are anything to go by it would seem that mini programs may yet prove to be their most important initiative to date. Zhang created foxmail in the late 1990s, and when his company was bought by tencent in 2005 he led the development of qq mail, which became one of chinas top mail service providers. But allen zhang, the founder of wechat, wants to increase the traffic from search by optimizing search results. Wechat apps, some bearing names like mini and lite, have their own homescreen shortcuts in this photo of an android phone from tencent exec and wechat founder allen zhang xiaolong. Wechat, known as weixin in china, was the brainchild of allen zhang, a programmer whose startup was bought by tencent.
Zhang assembled a team of 10 engineers to build wechat, what is today the worlds largest super app. Wechat has become a new portal of the mobile internet. Podcast rui ma and yingying lu posted on january 14, 2019 january, 2020 in episode 34 of techbuzz china, cohosts yingying lu and rui ma talk about the latest version of wechat, which first came out on ios the third week of december 2018, and on android a. Founded in 2012, wechat is headquartered in shenzhen, guangdong, china. You can send text messages to individuals and groups, pictures, videos, voice messages, gps information, and even make video calls in high definition. You can listen at my website or at itunes and himalaya. Wechat lets you keep in touch with anyone who uses the same application, independent of the operating system that person uses, be it android or ios.